Verona, the “Mura Festival” is back: music, yoga, cinema and much more at the bastion of San Bernardino
The event that brings the park of the walls of Verona to life is back, the "Mura Festival" starting May 28, with many initiatives and guests. This year there is something new, the European village, to cheer on Italy together at the 2024 European Football Championships.
Verona, the “Mura Festival” is back: music, yoga, cinema and much more at the bastion of San Bernardino
Among the guests of the fifth edition the long-awaited return of Daniel Lumera, Xantone Blacq, pianist and arranger of Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter Paolo Benvegnù, the young and promising one Call me lighthouse, il rapper Torment, the influencer and writer Gianluca Gotto e many others.
There will also be space for the 2024 European Football Championships Village of Europeans: I'installation of a big screen to cheer together Italy and still the highly anticipated special events including AGSM AIM MurAsana “Turn on your energy”, the Mura Pride Fest and the sporting event of the MURA URBAN TRAIL.
Back to for a new edition the Mura Festival 2024 with thoughtful appointments to revive the locations of the Verona city walls with art, culture, entertainment and sport. On the occasion of Euro 2024, it will also be possible to watch the Italian national team's matches together in a friendly, safe and fun environment.
"The Walls of Verona are increasingly becoming a meeting place for the community - explains the Councilor for Culture - The Mura Festival absorbs this spirit fully, creating many different opportunities for citizens to be together, through musical and sporting events and for physical and psychological well-being. Born in 2020 as an event to return to post-pandemic life and normality, the Festival has reached its fifth edition this year with an increasingly wider and more engaging offer of initiatives".
The event is promoted by the Municipality of Verona e organized by Studiovenstisette, in collaboration with DOC Servizi Verona, with the support of AGSM AIM, Volvo CE Italia in collaboration with MAC3, dealer for Verona, Vicenza and Mantua, NaturaSì and FORST.
The Mura Festival it is the event born with the intention of wanting to start a path of urban and cultural redevelopment and regeneration of a place where nature and architecture have interacted for centuries, to give new life to the green spaces of the city of Verona during the summer, transforming them into places dedicated to knowledge and cultural exchange.
Thanks to the work done by Studio twenty-sevenIn partnership with Doc Services Verona, it was possible to create job opportunities for dozens of artists, technicians, operators from the entertainment world and offer a free, safe and controlled space. This vocation is intrinsic to the nature of Mura Festival which, year after year, has supported and continues to support associations and culture, giving expression to minor realities, emerging artists and excellences of the city.
In fact, over the past editions, the Mura Festival has generated a highly positive impact for the city of Verona in three complementary aspects: from an environmental point of view, as it has restored the degraded areas of the Bastions; from the social point of view, offering a free daily cultural programming and, last but not least, a economic level, reviving the entertainment and tourism sectors.
Also for this year Mura Festival therefore intends to collect the historical, urban and landscape heritage of emblematic and suggestive areas such as the Bastione di San Bernardino where they will be set up Freak Stage and the Casa Erriquez stage.
Through the rich program of events designed from May to August, available on the site murafestival.it, it will be possible experience multisensory, cultural, sporting, educational-training and recreational activities designed as a glue for the enhancement and realization of active citizenship.
Il program it was illustrated yesterday by the Councilor for Culture together with Alessandra Bitti of Studioventisette, Alessandro Formenti of DOC Servizi and the president of the 1st District.
The program:
Inauguration on May 28th: with a special evening dedicated to vinyl music .Vinyls on Canvas & Friends: many guests spinning records to celebrate the start of the Mura Festival season. Also guest is the artist Stephanie Ocean Ghizzoni with its live painting shows and the collectible vinyl record market.
ON THE STAGE OF THE ERRIQUEZ HOUSE: BETWEEN MUSIC AND STAND UP COMEDY
On Mondays we laugh at jokes :he returns to the Mura Festival Stand up comedy with evenings dedicated to irony, in which comedians and aspiring comedians of any age, color and region of Italy, they will entertain with their monologues. First evening scheduled for Monday 3 June.
Vinyls on canvas return on Tuesday: The entirely dedicated event to the vinyl record, with the alternation every Tuesday of a musical collection proposed by DJ selectors associated with a performance of live painting by Stephanie Ocean Ghizzoni, that instantly paints a landmark album cover. There will also be a small vinyl exhibition for the most avid vinyl enthusiasts.
Of note, the exclusive appointment of Tuesday July 16. There will be a preview presentation of the great full show of the acrobatic dancers Cores from Bahia with all the complete teams from Tanzania, from Brazil and many international circus performers. A show with 25 artists from all over the world, all in one show .
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS ON THE FREAK STAGE: THE MAIN STAGE OF MURA FESTIVAL:
Wednesdays with GIN'N JAZZ:An exclusive format in which it will be possible to taste cocktails based on premium Italian gin while listening to artists from the international jazz scene with a focus on young musicians from Verona.
First appointment of the season special event with YSTÄVÄT JAZZ ENSEMBLE. A project by Lorenzo Viscomi, Riku Kovalainen, Daniel Emanuele and Olavi Stanek. It was born from the need to express one's voice through the language of jazz in a multicultural environment. The group will present a repertoire of original music with references to tradition.
On Thursdays, two Vrban Vibes story telling formats alternate:It starts Thursday May 30 with Vrban Vibes, the exhibition dedicated to young artists from Verona who are producing and promoting their projects. Two show cases every evening with the support of cultural associations, blogs, webzines and the project Social energies that specifically concern the world of young people in the urban suburbs.
Among the first dates: May 30th, Tokyo – Taki – Memy Occhipinti & Yenko supported by FanMusic.it, below, in preview, we point out also the appointments of June 27th with Adriana and August 1st with Orlvundo.
First date for Storytellers: the evening to talk about music through stories will be with the singer-songwriter Paolo Benvegnù il 6nd June starting from 21 pm. An emotional journey through the depths of music and words, a meeting presented by the journalist Gianni Della Cioppa which will tell Paolo's artistic history from the historic SCISMA to his latest album It's useless to talk about love passing through collaborations with Marco Parente, Ustmamò, Otto p notri, David Riondino, Stefano Bollani. A unique format that intertwines interview and live performance, Benvegnù will share the stories behind his songs, recounting the experiences and inspirations that shaped them. With her penetrating voice and compositional skills, she will transport audiences to a world of authentic emotions and deep reflections.
Every Friday and Saturday concerts and fun to dance: The weekend begins and as per tradition, the MURA is transformed into a large stage for dancing and singing to the rhythms of popular folklore, with artists and bands representing Italian music and culture in its most genuine form, linked to tradition and regional dances: space therefore for pizzica, tarantella, nursery rhymes, song theatre, but also for ska, gipsy, pachancka.
On the main stage of Mura Festival there will be alternating musical events to make the stage of the walls vibrate with pure and healthy fun. We start on May 31st, on the occasion of the first evening dedicated to Medici per Strada, at 20:00 Black Mama and from 22pm onwards the music of September Groove.
KIDS & FAMILY
The calendar of activities thought of for the little ones continues on a weekly basis with ad hoc proposals that can be used with the usual booking and payment methods.
The beloved laboratory is back Let's play together in the open air by 'sCultural Association Il Giardino dei Linguaggi with interactive ensemble music meetings e musical preparatory activities which will be followed by the concert Let's play together live: an “interactive” concert in which children and parents will play along with the band using small musical instruments and objects that can be used to produce sounds and coordinate movement. Families will be seated on the lawn in front of the stage and will interact with the band or their neighbors through music and body language, in a pleasant and fun context.
With the Magic key we will play, sing and dance to music from all over the world! Music together offers children and their role models the chance to have fun singing together, create rhymes, move and play musical instruments, both during meetings and in everyday life! The workshops are dedicated to children aged 0 to 4 years, accompanied by mum, dad, grandparents, uncles... making music together is fun for everyone!
The Cultural Association will be present around reading, which will deal with the promotion of reading aloud through educational animated reading workshops for children.
Every Sunday events for the whole family: the whole day will be dedicated to families and children, with juggling and puppet and marionette entertainment, English language courses for children, group games and baby dance. In the evening at sunset there will be a musical aperitif with soul, blues and easy listening proposals.
Unmissable for Sunday 9 June the appointment with Elettra Petronilli and its colorful entertainment including soap bubbles, baby face painting and hula hoops, scheduled from 11:00 to 15:00.
THE LOVE FOR STORIES WITH THE LIB(E)RI REVIEW :in collaboration with Feltrinelli Librerie
Even this year Mura Festival confirms its collaboration with Feltrinelli Librerie and brings the Lib(e)ri review to the Bastione di San Bernardino, a series of literary meetings dedicated to lovers of literature and stories.
There will be different themes that will be addressed this year, come on musical storytelling up to the themes of inclusiveness, inner well-being and relationships between people in contemporary times; all to give lovers of literature and beyond moments of discussion and discovery starting from stories.
Among the guests, Daniel Lumera on June 22nd, within the AGSM AIM MurAsana program “Turn on your energy” and Gianluca Gotto on 6 and 7 July on the occasion of the “Kalima Festival”.
SPECIAL DAYS AND EVENTS
May 31st, Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd: doctors on the streets at Mura Festival: The non-profit cultural fundraising event is here, born from the desire of an informal group of musician doctors to remember and celebrate the figure of Gino Strada. After having entertained the squares and main places of the city, Medici in Strada arrive at Mura Festival to open the musical program of a three-day event dedicated to music.
It starts Friday May 31 with a special appointment: at 18 pm the arrival of the DOCTORS ON THE STREET the Verona association that after having animated the symbolic places of the city with musical entertainment by buskers born to raise funds and pay homage to the memory of the founder of Emergency, Gino Strada will arrive at Mura Festival joining the rich musical program. On stage, from 20:00 to 21:30 arrives Black Mama, at 21 pm greetings from the National Vice President of Doctors Without Borders and from 30 pm onwards the music of September Groove.
Il 1 ° June the doctors on the street will be followed by concerts Cat Shades scheduled at 20pm, 00pm Sottoriva Jazz Quartet and at 22:30 Artic Attack.
For 2nd June we start at 20 pm with Jazz septet of the Verona Conservatory At 21 pm Mama & The Funky Puppets and at 22:15 AOUI of Verona Official Band and at 22 pm the Greeting from Medici per Strada APS Quarto Scaglione & Company.
Furthermore we will have as guests the traveling street band, Bub Street band, which will accompany us throughout the evening.
On June 8th run the Mura Urban Trail in collaboration with Verona Run Events: Si The new edition of Mura Urban Trail, the night trail running on the Veronese city walls, runs on Saturday 8 June dedicated to passionate runners and walkers that he wants combine the valorization of the territory, the love for nature, the passion for sport and, at the same time, sharing, team spirit and altruism.
The 2024 edition will take place Saturday evening 8 June, with departure at 19 pm for the longer route and at 00 pm for the remaining two, with three new and exciting routes from 8km, 16km and 30km designed to test your strength and run along the walls of Verona, a UNESCO heritage site, in a unique experience capable of combining sport, nature and love for the area.
This year's theme is the invitation to give voice to your instincts, awakening the totemic animal most similar to your nature to be guided by its peculiar characteristics and reach the finish line.
The Mura Urban Trail 2024 medal is not just a symbol of conquest, but a true amulet that encompasses the power and wisdom of totemic animals. Each characteristic of the animal represented – from the power of the Bear to the resilience of the Wolf, from the intuition of the Butterfly to the courage of the Lion – blends harmoniously into the value of the race. By wearing this medal, runners not only celebrate their performance, but also embrace the deeper meaning behind every step towards the finish line. It is possible to register for the 8Km at a special price of €12 until 01/06/24, for the 16K at the price of €20 until 19/05/24 and for the 30K at a price of €35 until 19/05/24 .
Discover the routes in detail at the link: https://muraurbantrail.it/
And sign up on: https://join.endu.net/entry?edition=86482
On June 9th, “LA TRACCIA”, music and school project:
Sunday 9 June, a day to be experienced. Let's start with the project The track, An artistic musical training project for the middle schools of the city of Verona, which is expressed in a journey where, together with music teachers, the children learned to write songs. At the Mura Festival, the performance and achievements of these young aspiring artists will be welcomed.
The space dedicated to slam poetry will follow and then get to him: Xanthone Blacq, pianist and arranger of Amy Winehouse, undisputed heir to the groove of Stevie Wonder, world musician with Mark Ronson, Earth Wind & Fire, guest in the major performances of the Grammy Awards, Glastonbury, Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza, from 20.30pm on the stage of the Mura festival for the occasion accompanied by the Veronese drummer Matteo Breoni.
The Mura Pride Fest returns on June 16th – Mura Festival is preparing to celebrate the Mura Pride Fest, the official Verona Pride celebration: a unique and overwhelming experience, to celebrate love, acceptance and pride in belonging to the LGBT+ community. On June 16th the big closing party of the parade that will involve the city of Verona.
The event Mura Pride Fest represents a moment of celebration, celebration and reflection, in which every individual is invited to express your authenticity in support of inclusiveness. Mura Festival is, in fact, proud to welcome and embrace all forms of love with full respect for each individual to contribute, through fun and entertainment, to the construction of a better society.
The party Mura Pride Fest which will be held at the Bastione di San Bernardino on Sunday 16 June will be a kaleidoscope of colours, sounds and smiles with meetings and a DJ set by dj and producer ELASI: a unique opportunity to grow and connect with extraordinary people.
ILAGSM AIM Murasana “Turn on your energy” returns on June 21,22,23:A weekend entirely dedicated to the well-being of body and soul, a moment dedicated to holistic self-care: all this wishes to be Murasana the Yoga Day of the Mura Festival 2024.
On the occasion of international yoga day and in collaboration with some of the most important entities active in the practice of this ancient discipline in Verona, the Bastione di San Bernardino will be transformed into a real yoga shala where you can rediscover theinner balance. They will alternate during the days yoga practice sessions, moments of meditation and insights into holistic wellbeing aimed at all age groups and all levels of preparation.
Also welcome is the return of Daniel Lumera, naturalist biologist, teacher and international reference in the sciences of well-being and meditation, which he also boasts among his teachers Anthony Elenjimittam, direct disciple of Gandhi. Lumera for the Lib(E)ri exhibition created in collaboration with Feltrinelli Librerie.
ON June 30th space for art with AMAE PAINT EXPERIENCE, an alternative evening where participants will be followed step by step process of creating a framework, from the beginning to the end. The Amae experience transforms the classic aperitif, giving everyone the opportunity to create completely personalized paintings take everyone home. It is not the starting level that is important, but the be inspired by creativity, relax and enjoy the evening in good company.
KALIMA FESTIVAL on July 7th: Not a simple festival but a full immersion day that will remain in the heart: this is the intention of Kalima Festival, create a parenthesis made of yoga, meditation, art, music and nature but above all sharing, empathy, joy and harmony.
The practices will be open to a maximum of 100 members and will be offered by different teachers; each with their own style, to explore different techniques and reach that wonderful state of bliss that the present moment gives.
The day's activities will include Mindfull and meditation sessions, Yoga, Acro yoga, Ayurveda workshops, Chromotherapy and Mandala workshops and a talk reserved for participants with Gianluca Gotto.
Gianluca Gotto is one Italian writer. He was born in Italy, but lived in Australia and then in Canada and today he is a digital nomad: he writes articles and books while traveling around the world. On his blog “Eat Live Travel” shares life and travel experiences.
Saturday 13 July BRITWALLFESTIVAL, an unmissable event for any fan of the Brit pop and rock genre which will bring the best local bands to the stage. Britwall British Festival represents a unique opportunity for music lovers to immerse themselves in the rich British musical tradition that has inspired and continues to inspire musicians all over the world.
Friday 19 July A SPECIAL EVENING WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE DOCU-FILM “BOOLIRON”, the history of hip hop born on the Riviera Romagnola that changed the Italian underground, with guests the DJ MASETR FREEZE and the rapper TORMENT.
Saturday 20 E Sunday 21 JULY PIZZICA, TRADITIONS AND TASTES OF SALENTO WITH 'NNAMURATI DEL SALENTO– That will be a welcome return of the Socio-Cultural Association Gli Amici del Salento, an association, active in Verona since 2004, which will propose a real festival within the festival, animating the walls with the colors, music, traditions and flavors of Salento. Two days dedicated to the cuisine, art and traditions of Salento with pizzica workshops, fresh pasta laboratories and much more.
Friday 2 August, VERONA WELL, an evening to enjoy and immerse yourself in original Veronese music. For over 10 years, a compilation and an event that brings together and unites the many musical realities of Verona.
SPORT and THE BEAUTY OF BEING TOGETHER AT MURA FESTIVAL: Every day on the calendar different disciplines to choose from and on the occasion of the European Football Championships the possibility of cheering Italy together thanks to the Euro 2024 Village
EUROPEAN VILLAGE: CHEER FOR THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM AT MURA FESTIVAL- Mura Festival returns to screen the matches involving the Italian national football team. A way to be together and experience all the adrenaline of competition. The first appointments: Italy-Albania in Dortmund (1st matchday), 15 June at 21 pm; Spain-Italy in Gelsenkirchen (00nd matchday), 2 June at 20pm; Croatia-Italy in Leipzig (21rd matchday), 00 June at 3pm.
ALL SPORTS ACTIVITIES:
The sports associations will propose a calendar of events in the splendid setting of San Bernardino, an area full of potential and atmosphere for the summer activities of the Veronese where everyone will be able to try their hand at the sporting discipline best suited to their needs, guaranteeing care for psychophysical well-being in contact with nature.
BAND DANCE with Scylla: Appointments with Danza In Fascia take place on Thursdays from 10 to 30. The certified teacher, Scilla Catta festa, will make mothers and newborns move to the rhythm of music and dance steps in an activity useful for strengthening the mother-baby bond but above all necessary to instill confidence in mothers and stimulate through music and movement the well-being of the newborn.
YOGA AT THE MURA FESTIVAL: There are many appointments and holistic specialties to be carried out immersed in the greenery of the Mura park to rediscover and train your psychophysical well-being.
- YING YANG YOGA with Laura Meneguzzo - l'teacher Laura Meneguzzo of the Aloha Center will dedicate appointments focused on different applications of Yoga and its benefits. The scheduled lessons, which will take place on May 29th, June 5th and 12th, July 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th, again from 19:00 pm to 20:00 pm, they will offer targeted insights into the holistic practice of yoga to encourage psycho-physical well-being, l inner balance and a healthy relationship with the surrounding natural environment.
- LET IN FLOW VINYASA YOGA with Laura Berti – on Mondays and Fridays from 19pm to 00pm and on Saturdays from 20am to 00pm, led by Laura Berti, you can participate in a dance of conscious breathing and movement that helps you work on strength and flexibility and on physical balance to train the same qualities on a mental level. Upon request, lessons are also available in English.
- ANUKALANA YOGA and VINYASA YOGAwith Eleonora Zamboni, Wednesdays from 18:00 PM to 19:00 PM and from 19:00 PM to 20:00 PM. Anukalana yoga, an approach to integral yoga that respects the body and individuality. Sweet and soft, a meditation in motion. Vinyasa Yoga, dynamic yoga suitable for those looking for a fluid and moving practice to increase vital energy and make the body elastic and flexible.
- YOGA VINYASA with Karin Cipriani – on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 19pm to 00pm and on Saturdays from 20am to 00am, space for vinyasa yoga lessons with Karin. This discipline is useful to acquire force,flexibility e agility by training breathing and relieving i back and neck disorders.
- INTEGRAL YOGA with Francesca Lenzi– On Wednesday morning, from 7:00 to 8:00 a full yoga lesson to start the day with breathing and balance.
- YOGA THEATER APPOINTMENTS – Odaka yoga on Mondays from 19pm to 00pm, meditation meetings on Tuesdays from 20pm to 00pm and sun salutation on Thursday mornings from 19am to 30am.
- STRETCHING OF THE ENERGY MERIDIANS with Marianna Restucci - On Tuesdays from 17pm to 30pm, appointment with the group course which includes stretching, breathing and relaxation exercises. It stimulates listening, concentration and at the same time relaxation. Each lesson includes a practical part of exercises and a final relaxation part.
- RISE & SHINE YOGA FLOW with Marta Masiero – On Fridays from 8 to 30, the teacher Marta, through sequences of postures linked by breathing, will awaken body and mind in a harmonious dance between movement and awareness. The participant will be asked to listen to their body, recharge their energy and rediscover their inner strength. In this practice, attention to alignment is combined with the fluidity of movement, allowing you to explore your possibilities in complete safety and balance.
PILATES: with Silvia Barbieri: Tuesday and Thursday there will also be lessons Pilates with the teacher Silvia Barbieri. The calendar for activities related to postural stretching, toning and lengthening will include various appointments, for every level and need, of 45 minutes each, from Tuesday to Saturday for the months of May, June and July.
ZUMBA FITNESS and PILOXING in support of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation: starting from Thursday June 23 and for every Thursday to follow, from 18: 00 19 to: 00, fitness enthusiasts will be able to let loose with the lessons ZUMBA FITNESS with the teacher Stefania Vasciarelli. A way to move and feel good that helps and supports Research. In fact, the proceeds from the lessons will be donated to Umberto Veronesi Foundation which promotes excellent scientific research and prevention, health education and dissemination projects.
TREKKING AND POETRY with Nella Tomezzoli: Three appointments on June 1st, 22nd and 29th to discover Verona between walls, forts and verses. During the walk, in the most suggestive places, poems will be read by Rita Pippa, author of the collection Infinite come back. At the end of the trek I arrive at the Bastione di San Bernardino.
MURA SUNSET RIDE in collaboration with local ASDs – every Tuesday, the Mura Festival transforms into "MURA TUESDAY BIKE", an event whose aim is to encourage sustainability and this is why it invites everyone to join us by bicycle. Furthermore, for every Tuesday in May and until the end of July, in collaboration with local associations, routes will be organized and group walks on two wheels will be promoted to train together, share the passion for sport but also discover the most evocative points of the UNESCO heritage city.
VERONESE Amateur Astronomers' Club, observation of the sky and stars in collaboration with the "A. Cagnoli" club, which currently has over 200 members and whose aim is to promote the meeting of all astronomy enthusiasts in Verona and the province, to facilitate their mutual knowledge and cultural updating through activities aimed at the study and amateur practice of astronomy.
Mura Festival is a promoted project by MUNICIPALITY OF VERONA – UNESCO DEPARTMENT - and built by STUDIO TWENTY-SEVEN. DOC SERVICES VERONA is one of the main partners of the event.
Sponsor of the initiative: they are AGSM AIM, Volvo CE Italia in collaboration with MAC3, dealer for Verona, Vicenza and Mantua, Naturasì and FORST.
Technical partners of the initiative are: Galli Packaging, Musical Box, Mazzetti d'Altavilla and DOA – Autonomous Orobica Distillery.
Media Partners: Motor Kitchens and City of Verona.it
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